McCool isn't serving public well

Friday

Oct 19, 2012 at 1:05 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

Monroe County Commissioner Suzanne McCool's recent statements regarding some funding refused by county officials, as gleaned from the recent Pocono Record article, made three statements that are indicative of what is wrong with government.

McCool suggested that employees should sign an equity statement that they believed was false because that is "part of the process." Perhaps Ms. McCool should be looking into the alleged inequity rather than continuing to imbed corruption and falsification into the process of governance.

McCool also stated that taxpayers would have to come up with funding to replace the money the grant would have provided. I suggest that the program or project that has no funding be terminated or curtailed so that it will fit within the constraints of the available budget. Spending money one does not have is popular. It is not prudent governance.

A third statement cited in the article is the one I agree with, although not for the reasons Commissioner McCool might think. She said, "Taxpayers are the losers." We, the taxpaying citizenry, lose when officials ignore their own rules and spend money we did not give them.